Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, 2nd Baronet (9 November 1767 – 28 March 1842) was an

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politician and baronet. Massy was the son of

Sir Hugh Massy, 1st Baronet Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, 1st Baronet (1740 – 29 April 1807) was an Anglo-Irish politician and baronet. Massy was the son of the Very Reverend Charles Massy, Dean of Limerick and Ardfert. He was first elected to the Irish House of Commons as the ...

and Elizabeth Stacpoole. In 1797 he was elected to the

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as the

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for

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, and sat for the seat until its abolition under the

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.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.25 (Retrieved 24 February 2016). He was returned to the

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as the MP for

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in 1801, but lost his seat in the

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. On 29 April 1807 he succeeded to his father's

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. He married Sarah Hankey, daughter of Thomas Hankey and Mary Wyver, on 14 May 1796.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Massy, Sir Hugh, 2nd Baronet 1767 births 1842 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people 19th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Clare constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Clare constituencies (1801–1922)